Smackdown has some good points and some good build to Mania, mostly building up the IC Title Match and World Title Match, with some Divas thrown in.
What it didn’t do was lay the Smack down with only four match on the card.
We saw Paige defeat Brie Belle, Dolph Ziggler win a Gauntlet match (as the last participant), Kidd, Cesaro and Nattie beat Los Matadores and El Torito when Nattie pinned the bull, and Reigns pinning Kane in the main event.
The overarching theme of the show was the attempt by J&J Security to keep Randy Orton from gaining access to the building.
We opened with a promo by Reigns, who is interrupted by Mark Henry. Henry isn’t looking for a fight, but is here to tell Roman he can beat Brock Lesnar. Rollins interrupts and we set up the main event for the night, Rollins and Kane versus Henry and Reigns.
Along the way we had the above mentioned three matches, of which the gauntlet match was the best.
The build to the Divas match has been good, and getting a lot of time (#givedivasachance), but I don’t expect a lot of people are looking forward to it.
The build for the IC title has been Awesome. The six challengers were in the gauntlet match, and all did a great job. This match will steal the show at Mania.
The Main Event Segment kicked off with Mark Henry found laid out in the back, turning the match into a handicap match. Reigns was made to look strong as he plowed through Rollins and speared Kane for the win.
After the loss, Randy Orton appeared, taking out everyone, including all the security Rollins had.
J&J didn’t do such a good job.
FINAL THOUGHTS: Nice build up to Mania, but overall average show.
MATCH OF THE NIGHT: Gauntlet Match.
WRESTLER OF THE NIGHT: Daniel Bryan.
LOW POINT OF THE NIGHT: Interspecies Match.
IMPACT OF THE NIGHT: Wade Barrett laying out Bryan and Ziggler.
RATING 5.5
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